One would think that we would be able to afford a new lawnmower without much difficulty. The fact is that we would have had to put it on a credit card...I had followed my Dad's advice and bought the biggest house that we could afford. He had convinced me that what had once been a third of our income would over the course of time be a tenth of our income. It wasn't working out that way. While our mortgage payment was relatively low, the property taxes had increased eightfold over the lifetime of. She wore pale tights (they had to be tights – she didn’t possess any stockings) and she had run a brush through her permed hair and applied foundation. My mother-in-law rarely wore much make-up and today was no exception. Just lipstick – which made her thin lips look a little fuller.“Where are we going…what…..?”I motioned her to sit down. Her face was full of hope. It was almost a shame to burst her little bubble.“OK. Here’s where we stand. Yesterday I managed to get an agreement out of Harry. Was it right for her to make love with a woman whose wages she was responsible for paying?A woman like Lakeisha wouldn't normally be employed in the menial role of medical advisor and senior doctor for Diane's new charitable venture, but current legislation had automatically made almost anyone without a British passport an illegal alien. She'd lost her job at a medical centre in the Midlands because of her uncertain immigration status and was just one of several outrageously overqualified. A tryst that more often than not left her in a state of complete physical and mental chaos.God, she was so happy! Not even the task of facing Darrel Jenkins could shake her... that is, as long as she didn't think of him from a carnal standpoint... yet, there was small doubt in her mind of what she'd have to do to appease him... But in God's name, it was the least she could do for her darling Gil, now... and if she did it well, Katie, too, would be saved from the lecherous little monster's.